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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...equal parts bravado and modesty. On “A Star is Born,” he graciously plays the part of the seasoned champion, asking for applause on behalf of Wu-Tang Clan, Kanye, 50 Cent, T.I., Eminem, Outkast, and several other noteworthy MCs, while simultaneously passing the torch to Lil’ Wayne and Drake and placing himself in a class above all the rest. The boasts aren’t unfounded—guest verses and hooks by the likes of Rihanna, Swizz Beatz, Young Jeezy, J. Cole, and Alicia Keys, along with a couple...

Author: By Roxanne J. Fequiere, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jay-Z | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

John F. Kennedy's funeral was one of those events that shoved history around a corner. That was the day the '50s became the '60s, that new generation bearing its torch now using it to set fires. By the time of Bobby Kennedy's assassination in the early hours of June 5, 1968, the dreamy promise of Camelot seemed like a mirage. The City on a Hill was burning down, American power and goodness both turning to ashes in Vietnam. In New York the murder rate jumped 21% in 1968 alone; and then murder swept away first Martin Luther King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Kennedys Face Death: The Agony of Grieving in Public | 8/28/2009 | See Source »

...then a harrowing day and a half in Denver. It was courage and conviction about the true purpose of politics that brought him to this moment. He spoke of economic justice, of equality, of health care as a fundamental right, of war and peace. He passed the torch to Barack Obama - to whose candidacy he had given a decisive endorsement the winter before. And he touched millions of hearts one more time: "The work begins anew, the hope rises again, and the dream lives on." (Read Joe Klein on Ted Kennedy: "The Man Who Found Himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bob Shrum Recalls Ted Kennedy's Greatest Speech | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

...pilgrimage has come to an end. For this final installment, I actually attended games on both Friday and Saturday. It was the perfect conclusion to the search. A life-long Braves fan, it is only fitting that I see them play...twice. It's almost a passing of the torch. And what games these were. Both went into extra innings and each ended with a Brave knocking a game-winning homer. It was baseball at its finest...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips | Title: A FAN FOR SALE PART 5: Won't You Take Me To Dodgertown? | 8/9/2009 | See Source »

...sounds like the premise for a reality show: Get a young, smart, cocky, rule-breaking guy and install him at the helm of a major but floundering network and see what he shakes out. But if this was Survivor: Network, then Ben Silverman's torch was just snuffed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ben Silverman Leaves NBC: Exit the No-Hit Hitmaker | 7/28/2009 | See Source »

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